LEBANON VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		LEBANON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,180	1	13,328	- 7,148
Stroke	2	3,803	2	1,795	+ 2,008
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,767	9	934	+ 1,833
Lung Disease	4	1,463	11	889	+ 573
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,363	10	931	+ 431
Kidney Disease	6	1,348	5	1,243	+ 105
Hypertension	7	766	4	1,426	- 660
Liver Disease	8	703	14	663	+ 40
Lung Cancers	9	680	3	1,498	- 819
Road Traffic Accidents	10	660	7	1,127	- 468
Suicide	11	635	29	190	+ 445
Asthma	12	534	19	298	+ 236
Breast Cancer	13	493	8	987	- 494
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	486	6	1,213	- 727
Congenital Anomalies	15	452	20	298	+ 154
Low Birth Weight	16	420	28	190	+ 230
Stomach Cancer	17	411	16	479	- 69
Measles	18	399	59	12	+ 387
Drownings	19	339	43	62	+ 278
Other Injuries	20	330	30	168	+ 162
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	306	40	81	+ 225
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	304	12	841	- 537
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	291	47	47	+ 244
Prostate Cancer	24	273	17	442	- 169
Ovary Cancer	25	256	26	224	+ 32
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	224	37	114	+ 110
Falls	27	203	33	148	+ 55
Parkinson's Disease	28	188	25	226	- 38
Inflammatory/Heart	29	184	32	153	+ 32
Liver Cancer	30	173	27	217	- 44
Endocrine Disorders	31	155	34	145	+ 10
Cervical Cancer	32	150	35	135	+ 16
Lymphomas	33	144	15	646	- 502
Violence	34	143	22	285	- 142
Birth Trauma	35	139	42	67	+ 72
Uterin Cancer	36	136	38	99	+ 37
Maternal Conditions	37	135	50	30	+ 104
Bladder Cancer	38	123	13	704	- 581
Oral Cancer	39	112	31	162	- 49
Pancreas Cancer	40	95	24	273	- 177
Skin Disease	41	88	53	19	+ 70
Leukemia	42	81	18	334	- 253
Malnutrition	43	72	60	11	+ 61
Meningitis	44	62	49	35	+ 27
Epilepsy	45	60	46	49	+ 11
Alcohol	46	54	54	18	+ 36
Skin Cancers	47	50	21	296	- 246
Fires	48	46	39	99	- 53
Syphilis	49	45	63	5	+ 40
Tuberculosis	50	45	41	70	- 26
Oesophagus Cancer	51	24	44	52	- 28
Poisonings	52	21	48	39	- 17
Other Neoplasms	53	17	58	14	+ 3
Encephalitis	54	15	56	16	- 1
Drug Use	55	14	23	281	- 267
Appendicitis	56	10	61	11	- 1
Hepatitis B	57	8	36	123	- 114
Pertussis	58	6	57	16	- 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	5	62	5	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	60	4	55	16	- 12
Dengue	61	3	71	0	+ 3
Tetanus	62	1	52	23	- 22
Diphtheria	63	1	68	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	64	4	- 3
War	65	1	51	25	- 25
Ascariasis	66	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	45	51	- 51
Schistosomiasis	74	0	65	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	75	0	66	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	74	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LEBANON

Samoa

Lebanon

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.